Malaysia to return 1,500 Rohingya refugees next month, despite safety fears
- First phase of Malaysia’s repatriation plan will involve Myanmar nationals who are ‘willing to return voluntarily’.
- Malaysia has finalised the first phase of a voluntary repatriation programme that will see at least 1,500 eligible Myanmar refugees return home on September 29, the government said.
- Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced in July that Myanmar’s military-backed government had agreed to take back 5,000 members of the persecuted Rohingya minority amid rising tensions with local communities in Malaysia.
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- First phase of Malaysia’s repatriation plan will involve Myanmar nationals who are ‘willing to return voluntarily’.
- Malaysia has finalised the first phase of a voluntary repatriation programme that will see at least 1,500 eligible Myanmar refugees return home on September 29, the government said.
- Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced in July that Myanmar’s military-backed government had agreed to take back 5,000 members of the persecuted Rohingya minority amid rising tensions with local communities in Malaysia.
Sources: Al Jazeera